John Thorburn MacGowan

M, #30379, b. 1836, d. 23 Feb 1895
Probate (Will)* 57/239. John T MacGowan, Residence: Melbourne, Occupation: Chemist, Date Of Death: 23 Feb 1895, Date Of Grant: 29 Mar 1895 - land in Gembrook is not listed.1 
Land-Note* John Francis Evans. 
Birth*1836 Seacombe, near Liverpool, England. 
Marriage*23 Sep 1867 Spouse: Annie Wynne. Ballarat, VIC, Australia, #M3130/1867, John Thorburn MACGOWAN & Annie WYNNE.2,3
 
Marriage-Notice*24 Sep 1867 MACGOWAN—WYNNE.—On the 23rd inst., at Ballarat, John Thorburn, youngest son of the late Rev. James MacGowan, formerly of Hope-street, Liverpool, and latterly of Adelaide, S.A., to Annie, eldest daughter of the late Mr. William Wynne, of Essex, England.2 
Land-Note*1888 GEM--122A. Annie Agnes MacGowan Sir, At this time last year, my daughter and I applied for a block of land, then open for selection, 600 acres, marked 122 in the Parish of Gembrook.
At a land board held in Melbounre, on March 22nd 1888, before Mr Windle, this block was granted to us without opposition or objection, and divided by Mr Windle the eastern portion to my daughter and the western portion to me.
On June 28th 1888 we received letters (No 5303/32) from the Department stating that on our signing &c undertaking (enclosed), lease under Section 32 would be prepared and forwarded. On September 11th/88 we received letters, stating that in consequence of objections raised by the Mining Department, the lease could not be granted.
Assured that these objections were invalid - (as there was no mining within several miles) - I made a personal inspection of the land. I then had interviews alone and with Mr Gardiner MP with the acting Minister of Mines, the Hon. Wm Davies and Mr Langtree, both of whom positively assured me, that nothing could interfere with my claim to the land and that the objections of their department would very shortly be removed.
I was, therefore, more than surprised, to ascertain, about a week ago, that a considerable portion - about one half, (and that the very best) of the land granted to us, was at this moment being surveyed for a Mr Evans & others, and the whole of ours cut off as auriferous.
I beg, hereby, to protest against any interference with the land actually granted to us, and have to request that you will institute inquiries at once regarding it on our behalf.
I am Sir, Your obedient Servant
John T MacGowan.4 
Land-Gembrook*9 Feb 1888Selection: GEM--122A. 154a 1r 1p - Land File 166/27
Lease per 1 Jul 1892, term 6 years and 6 months for 155 acres Allot 122A Parish of Gembrook.4 
(Witness) Land-Note1889 GEM--122A Land Selection And Correspondence Files (VPRS5357)
166/27. A CRICHTON, JOHN FRANCIS EVANS, JOHN THORBURN MACGOWAN, J J BELL, GEMBROOK, 122A, 14--2--24, 1 Jan 1889
VPRS 5357/P0000, 166/27.5 
Death*23 Feb 1895 Sanger-street, Corowa, NSW, Australia. 
Death-Notice*26 Feb 1895 MACGOWAN - On the 23rd February, at his residence, Sanger-street, Corowa, suddenly, from heart disease, John Thorburn Macgowan, chemist, beloved husband of Annie Macgowan, formerly of Melbourne and Ballarat, aged 58 years.6 

Family

 Annie Wynne b. 5 May 1846, d. 4 Sep 1920
Children 1.Annie Agnes MacGowan b. 1868
 2.Florence Newall MacGowan+ b. 1870, d. 8 Sep 1955

Newspaper-Articles

  • 1 Mar 1895: DEATH OF MR. J. T. MACGOWAN.
    Shortly before noon on Saturday last the public of Corowa learned with regret of the sudden death of Mr. John Thorburn Macgowan, chemist. Some twelve months ago a severe attack of pneumonia prostrated him and his recovery was slow and incomplete, but, though it was known that his health was not robust, his decease was unexpected. Recently he has been under the care of Drs. Shortt and Harris, who diagnosed his ailment as heart disease.
    Mr. J. T. Macgowan was born at Seacombe, near Liverpool, England, in the year 1836, and was a son of the Rev. James Macgowan, Presbyterian minister, who, leaving the ministry, was tutor to the Earl of Errol (Lord Hey, who was killed at the battle of Waterloo), and then became principal of the classical and commercial Academy in Hope Street, Liverpool. His parents left the old country in the year 1839, for Sydney, but on the vessel touching at Adelaide they elected to remain there, where his father opened the first school. His acquaintance with pharmacy commenced in South Australia, after leaving school, when he was apprenticed to Mr. Carlton, of Hindley Street, Adelaide, for a term of seven years, Having relatives in Tasmania, one a medical man in Hobart, who kept a surgery, and wanted an assistant — he crossed over from Adelaide to Hobart (in those days called Hobart Town, capital of Van Diemen's Land), calling at Melbourne en route. After remaining in his relative's surgery for two years he entered into business as a chemist. He went up for his examination before the Court of Medical Examiners, passed, and opened the business in Murray-street, Hobart, out of whose ashes grew the splendid establishment of Mr. A. P. Miller. He left Hobart in 1857, and after a short sojourn in Melbourne, went to India, and was there at the close of the mutiny. He was first with Smith and Stanistreet, of Calcutta, and afterwards for some time with Bathgate and Co., Tank-square, Calcutta. He returned to Victoria in 1860, but did not enter into the drug business again till 1864. He then went to Ballarat and opened a business, first in Armstrong-Street, and afterwards bought the business in Sturt-street which had been started by Mr. W. H. Sheppard, of the firm of Poynton and Sheppard, of Geelong. He remained in Ballarat till 1884. During part of that period he was secretary to the Ballarat and District Chemists Association, and had the honour of being elected as representative of the association at the table of the Pharmaceutical Council.
    In 1884 he left the mining metropolis and set up in business at South Melbourne, having two shops, in different parts of that populous suburb. He afterwards conducted dispensaries at Carlton and North Carlton, and came to Corowa about two and a half years ago. He was also a councillor of South Melbourne, and when intelligence of his death was received in Melbourne on Monday, the flags in the city of South Melbourne were half-mast high in deferance to his memory.
    Mr. Macgowan was a prominent member of the Church of Christ, and moved in a circle of friends who held him in warm regard and esteem, and to whom his loss is little less than a calamity. He leaves a widow and a family of nine.
    His second daughter is the wife of Mr. A. Illiingworth, son of the Hon. F. Illingworth, M.L.C. (Victoria), now a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia.
    The interment took place last Monday at the Corowa Cemetery, when the body was followed to its last resting place by a large number of friends. During the burial service, which was conducted by the Rev. Mr. Huntsman, the church choir, under the leadership of Mrs, A. G. Morley, sung Sankey's beautiful hymn "Good Night," Mr. J. H. Martin carried out the funeral arrangements.7

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Probate and Administration Files (VPRS28) / Wills (VPRS7591)
    57/239. John T MacGowan, Residence: Melbourne, Occupation: Chemist, Date Of Death: 23 Feb 1895, Date Of Grant: 29 Mar 1895
    VPRS 28/P0000, 57/239; VPRS 28/P0002, 57/239; VPRS 7591/P0002, 57/239.
  2. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 24 Sep 1867, p4
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5778692
  3. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online) "#M3130/1867, John Thorburn MACGOWAN & Annie WYNNE."
  4. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). Land Selection And Correspondence Files (VPRS5357)
    166/27. A CRICHTON JOHN FRANCIS EVANS JOHN THORBURN MACGOWAN J J BELL, GEMBROOK, 122A, 14--2--24, 1 Jan 1889
    VPRS 5357/P0000, 166/27.
  5. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). Land Selection And Correspondence Files (VPRS5357)
    166/27. A CRICHTON, JOHN FRANCIS EVANS, JOHN THORBURN MACGOWAN, J J BELL, GEMBROOK, 122A, 14--2--24, 1 Jan 1889
    VPRS 5357/P0000, 166/27.
  6. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 26 Feb 1895, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/193464298
  7. [S14] Newspaper - The Corowa Free Press (NSW), Fri 1 Mar 1895, p2
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234901106
Last Edited17 Apr 2024

Annie Wynne

F, #30380, b. 5 May 1846, d. 4 Sep 1920
Married NameMacGowan. 
Birth*5 May 1846 Black Notley, Essex, England.1 
Marriage*23 Sep 1867 Spouse: John Thorburn MacGowan. Ballarat, VIC, Australia, #M3130/1867, John Thorburn MACGOWAN & Annie WYNNE.2,3
 
Marriage-Notice*24 Sep 1867 MACGOWAN—WYNNE.—On the 23rd inst., at Ballarat, John Thorburn, youngest son of the late Rev. James MacGowan, formerly of Hope-street, Liverpool, and latterly of Adelaide, S.A., to Annie, eldest daughter of the late Mr. William Wynne, of Essex, England.2 
Widow23 Feb 1895Annie Wynne became a widow upon the death of her husband John Thorburn MacGowan. 
Death*4 Sep 1920 Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 
Death-Notice6 Sep 1920 MACGOWAN.—September 4, 1920, at a private hospital, Darlinghurst, Anne, relict of the late J. T. Macgowan, aged 75 years.4 
Death-Notice*7 Sep 1920 MACGOWAN.—The Friends of Dr. E. T. MACGOWAN, O. S., C. W., L. H., C. G. MACGOWAN, Mrs. W. J. FOX, Mrs. A. E. ILLINGWORTH, Mrs. H. BATES, and Mr. WATKIN WYNNE are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of their late affectionate MOTHER and SISTER, Anne MacGowan; to leave Wood, Coffill's Mortuary Chapel, 810 George-street, city, THIS (Tuesday) AFTERNOON, at 2 o'clock, for Waverley Cemetery.
WOOD, COFFILL, LIMITED.5 

Family

 John Thorburn MacGowan b. 1836, d. 23 Feb 1895
Children 1.Annie Agnes MacGowan b. 1868
 2.Florence Newall MacGowan+ b. 1870, d. 8 Sep 1955

Citations

  1. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Ancestry Tree Name: Parker/Tree, Tree ID: 77541798
    Person viewed: Annie WYNNE (MacGOWAN), Birth Date: 5 May 1846, Gardeners Farm, Parish of Black Notley, Essex, England, Marriage Date: 23 Sep 1867, Marriage Place: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, Marriage Spouse: John Thorburn MacGOWAN, Death Date: 4 Sep 1920, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  2. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 24 Sep 1867, p4
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5778692
  3. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online) "#M3130/1867, John Thorburn MACGOWAN & Annie WYNNE."
  4. [S17] Newspaper - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW), Mon 6 Sep 1920, p8
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15905572
  5. [S17] Newspaper - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW), Tue 7 Sep 1920, p7
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15905717
Last Edited17 Apr 2024

Annie Agnes MacGowan

F, #30381, b. 1868
Father*John Thorburn MacGowan b. 1836, d. 23 Feb 1895
Mother*Annie Wynne b. 5 May 1846, d. 4 Sep 1920
Birth*1868 Ballarat, VIC, Australia, #B13844/1868 (par John Thornburn MCGOWAN & Annie WYNNE) - as Annie Agnes MCGOWAN, Birth registered at Ballarat, Australia.1 
Land-Note*1888 GEM--122A. John Thorburn MacGowan Sir, At this time last year, my daughter and I applied for a block of land, then open for selection, 600 acres, marked 122 in the Parish of Gembrook.
At a land board held in Melbounre, on March 22nd 1888, before Mr Windle, this block was granted to us without opposition or objection, and divided by Mr Windle the eastern portion to my daughter and the western portion to me.
On June 28th 1888 we received letters (No 5303/32) from the Department stating that on our signing &c undertaking (enclosed), lease under Section 32 would be prepared and forwarded. On September 11th/88 we received letters, stating that in consequence of objections raised by the Mining Department, the lease could not be granted.
Assured that these objections were invalid - (as there was no mining within several miles) - I made a personal inspection of the land. I then had interviews alone and with Mr Gardiner MP with the acting Minister of Mines, the Hon. Wm Davies and Mr Langtree, both of whom positively assured me, that nothing could interfere with my claim to the land and that the objections of their department would very shortly be removed.
I was, therefore, more than surprised, to ascertain, about a week ago, that a considerable portion - about one half, (and that the very best) of the land granted to us, was at this moment being surveyed for a Mr Evans & others, and the whole of ours cut off as auriferous.
I beg, hereby, to protest against any interference with the land actually granted to us, and have to request that you will institute inquiries at once regarding it on our behalf.
I am Sir, Your obedient Servant
John T MacGowan.2 

Citations

  1. [S26] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Births) (online) "#B13844/1868 (par John Thornburn MCGOWAN & Annie WYNNE) - as Annie Agnes MCGOWAN, Birth registered at Ballarat, Australia."
  2. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). Land Selection And Correspondence Files (VPRS5357)
    166/27. A CRICHTON JOHN FRANCIS EVANS JOHN THORBURN MACGOWAN J J BELL, GEMBROOK, 122A, 14--2--24, 1 Jan 1889
    VPRS 5357/P0000, 166/27.
Last Edited17 Apr 2024

Catherine Fraser

F, #30384, b. 1852, d. 18 Sep 1908
Father*William Fraser b. 1829, d. 4 Apr 1880
Mother*Margaret Lumsden Birss b. 1824, d. 8 Jan 1890
Married NameHodgson. 
Birth*1852 Cluny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 
Marriage*13 Apr 1881 Spouse: James Charles Hodgson. 102 Commercial Road, VIC, Australia, #M2367/1881, James Charles HODGSON & Kate FRASER.1
 
Marriage-Notice*16 Apr 1881 HODGSON—FRASER.—On the 13th inst., at 102 Commercial-road, by the Rev. J. L. Rentoul, J. Charles Hodgson, of Pakenham, third son of the late John Hodgson, of Manchester, England, to Kate, eldest daughter of the late William Fraser, of Gembrook, Victoria. Home papers please copy.2 
Land-Berwick13 Jun 1898 BER-Crown-18 4.13/LP3972. Transfer from James Gibb to Catherine Hodgson. 1a 0r 34p.3 
Land-Berwick*27 Apr 1906 BER-Crown-18 4.13/LP3972. Transfer from Catherine Hodgson to David Rayner. 1a 0r 34p.4 
Death*18 Sep 1908 Wellington, New Zealand, #1908/5623 (Age 53Y) - as Catherine Hodgson.5 
Death-Notice*26 Sep 1908 HODGSON.—On the 18th September, at Wellington, N.Z.. Kate, the dearly beloved wife of J. C. Hodgson, late of Berwick. Victoria. (By cable.)6 

Electoral Rolls (Australia) and Census (UK/IRL)

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
7 Apr 1861Millbank, Cluny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland(Head of Household) William Fraser;
Age 9 - Scholar
Member(s) of Household: Margaret Lumsden Fraser, William Fraser, George Fraser, Annie Fraser7

Citations

  1. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online) "#M2367/1881, James Charles HODGSON & Kate FRASER."
  2. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 16 Apr 1881, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5979374
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1348-580 (tx 394834) - Catherine Hodgson the wife of James Charles Hodgson Secretary of the Shire of Berwick - C/T 2691-054.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2691-054 - David Rayner of 82 Grey Street St Kilda Gentleman.
  5. [S10] New Zealand Government Birth, Death & Marriage Indexes "#1908/5623 (Age 53Y) - as Catherine Hodgson."
  6. [S14] Newspaper - The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 26 Sep 1908, p64
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/141791582
  7. [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "1861 Scotland Census. 2/3/14
    Enummerated at Millbank Cluny Parish
    Household Members: William Fraser, 34, Head, Margaret Fraser, William Fraser, 13, born Tullynessle, Son, Catherine Fraser, born Cluny, 9, Daughter, Scholar, George Fraser, 4, Son, Ann Fraser, 2, Daughter, Isabella Carnie, 18, Servant
    Ancestry Record ID: 1080::2227285."
Last Edited27 May 2024

James Charles Hodgson

M, #30386, b. 27 Apr 1855, d. 27 Dec 1926
Birth*27 Apr 1855 Cheetham, Manchester, Lancashire, England, Jun Q 1855 (Manchester) 08d 331. Mother's maiden surname: Dodgson. As James Charles Hodgson.1,2 
Marriage*13 Apr 1881 Spouse: Catherine Fraser. 102 Commercial Road, VIC, Australia, #M2367/1881, James Charles HODGSON & Kate FRASER.3
 
Marriage-Notice*16 Apr 1881 HODGSON—FRASER.—On the 13th inst., at 102 Commercial-road, by the Rev. J. L. Rentoul, J. Charles Hodgson, of Pakenham, third son of the late John Hodgson, of Manchester, England, to Kate, eldest daughter of the late William Fraser, of Gembrook, Victoria. Home papers please copy.4 
Anecdote*26 Sep 1892HODGSON , J. C. ( 18 -- 1892 )
Victoria Regional Meeting
Shire office, High St., Berwick.
26.9.1892.
Dear Friend William Benson,
I arrived in Melbourne in 3rd Month 1879 and attended the meetings in Russell Street occasionally until I went to reside at Pakenham in 7th month of the same year where I carried on a General store-keeping business until Third Month 1888, and I obtained the appointment of Shire Secretary here in 1890.
Since leaving Melbourne I have had no opportunity of attending the meetings, never being in town over the week-end but if I have occasion to be I shall certainly make a point of attending. Joseph Everett called to see me recently and I hear he is now the in the Homoepathic hospital. I see that thou art an old Manchester man but the only one of the name that I can recall is Davis Benson of Fryer, Benson and Forster. I remember a boy at Ackworth School of the name but I do not think he was from Manchester.
Thine sincerely
J. C. Hodgson.5 
Widower18 Sep 1908James Charles Hodgson became a widower upon the death of his wife Catherine Fraser.6 
Note*1916 #1986/1916, James Charles Hodgson & Mildred Ethel Peele.7 
Death*27 Dec 1926 Christchurch, New Zealand, #1926/9028 (Age 71Y) - as James Charles Hodgson.8 
Death-Notice*30 Dec 1926 HODGSON, JAMES CHARLES (formerly of Khandallah).—On December 27th (suddenly) at Christchurch; aged 71 years.9 

Electoral Rolls (Australia) and Census (UK/IRL)

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
7 Apr 1861John HODGSON, 3 Polygon Avenue, Ardwick, Lancashire, EnglandAge 5 - Scholar10

Newspaper-Articles

  • 29 Dec 1926: BODY FOUND ON BEACH
    Dominion Special. Christchurch, December 28. The body of an old man was found on the beach at Sumner, near the water’s edge, this morning. It was scantily clad, and had the appearance of having been washed ashore after a short immersion in the sea. The body has been identified as that of James Charles Hodgson, a married man, 71 years of age, of Racecourse Road. The house where telephonic communication was secured with the police happened to be the one where Hodgson had been staying, with his wife and family. On hearing a description of the body Mrs. Hodgson ran out on to the beach and identified the body as that of her husband. Mr. Hodgson went to Sumner last night after his discharge from hospital.11
  • 30 Dec 1926: FOUND DROWNED. THE SUMNER FATALITY. (By Telegraph—Special to "Star.") CHRISTCHURCH, this day. A verdict of "found drowned" was the outcome of yesterday's inquest touching the death of James Charles Hodgson, 71 years of age, whose body was found on the Sumner beach on Tuesday morning. Medical evidence was to the effect that Hodgson suffered from heart attacks.12

Citations

  1. [S230] Family Search "Manchester, England, Non-Conformist Births and Baptisms, 1758-1912
    GB127.M85/2/5/1
    Church: Society of Friends Hardshaw East Monthly Meeting."
  2. [S332] UK - General Register Office Indexes "Jun Q 1855 (Manchester) 08d 331. Mother's maiden surname: Dodgson. As James Charles Hodgson."
  3. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online) "#M2367/1881, James Charles HODGSON & Kate FRASER."
  4. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 16 Apr 1881, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5979374
  5. [S50] Miscellaneous Source, Dictionary of Austrlian Quaker Biograhy Update to May 2004 on FamilySearch.
  6. [S10] New Zealand Government Birth, Death & Marriage Indexes "#1908/5623 (Age 53Y) - as Catherine Hodgson."
  7. [S10] New Zealand Government Birth, Death & Marriage Indexes "#1986/1916, James Charles Hodgson & Mildred Ethel Peele."
  8. [S10] New Zealand Government Birth, Death & Marriage Indexes "#1926/9028 (Age 71Y) - as James Charles Hodgson."
  9. [S336] Newspaper (New Zealand) - New Zealand Times, 30 Dec 1926, p1.
  10. [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "1861 England Census. Rg 9/2869/84/5
    Enummerated at Ardwick, Lancashire.
    Household Members: John Hodgson, 46, Head, Jane Hodgson, 46, Wife, Alfred Hodgson, 15, Son, John Henry Hodgson, 7, Son, James Charles Hodgson, 5, Son, Frederick Hodgson, 3, Son, Margaret Marris, 23, Servant
    Ancestry Record ID: 8767::9226390."
  11. [S336] Newspaper (New Zealand) - Dominion, 29 Dec 1926, p11.
  12. [S336] Newspaper (New Zealand) - Auckland Star, 30 Dec 1926, p3.
Last Edited28 Oct 2024
 

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